2005 Field Artillery Photo Contest Winners' Gallery.Winners 1st Place, Combat -- Howitzer Battery, 1-278 Regimental Combat Team A regimental combat team was a provisional major infantry unit of the United States Army during the Second World War and Korean War. The regimental combat team, or "R.C.T.", was formed by augmenting a regular infantry regiment with smaller tank, artillery, combat engineer, (RCT), Tennessee Army National Guard, fires a round from an M109A6 155-mm howitzer (Paladin) during a fire mission at Jisr-Naft, Iraq. Photo by SSG Russell Klika, 278th RCT Public Affairs (PA) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 1st Place, Training -- PFC Ben McKandles, D Battery, 319th Field Artillery (D/319 FA), 173d Airborne (Abn) Brigade (Bde), checks the barrel of an M119A2 howitzer for obstructions during training at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany. Photo by Jason L. Austin, US Army Europe (USA-REUR) PA [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 2d Place, Combat -- PFC Terrell Washington of C/2-319 Airborne FA Regiment (AFAR), 82d Abn Division (Div), aims his M203 grenade launcher M203 generally refers to the United States Army designation for a single shot 40 mm grenade launcher that attaches to the M16 assault rifle or the M4 Carbine. Stand-alone variants exist as do versions capable of being used on many other rifles. while on a foot patrol of Baghdad's Hotel District. Photo by PFC Michael J. Pryor, 82d Abn Div PA [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 2d Place, Training -- Soldiers from B/2-20 FA, 4th Infantry Division (ID), Fort Hood, Texas, fire a rocket from an M270A1 Multiple-Launch Rocket System (MLRS) during a live-fire exercise. Photo by PV2 David Hodge, 4th ID PA [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 3d Place, Combat -- SPC Ontario Smith, F/7 FAR, 25th ID, fires a 155-mm round during a show-of-force exercise at Forward Operating Base An airfield used to support tactical operations without establishing full support facilities. The base may be used for an extended time period. Support by a main operating base will be required to provide backup support for a forward operating base. Also called FOB. Salerno, Afghanistan. Photo by SSG Bradley A. Rhen, Combined Task Force Thunder, 25th ID PA [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 3d Place, Training -- PFC Ben McKandles, D/319 FA, 173d Abn Bde, flips a spent round out of a M119A2 105-mm howitzer during training at Grafenwoehr, Germany. Photo by Jason L. Austin, USAREUR PA [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Finalists Finalist -- LTG H. Steven Blum Lieutenant General H Steven Blum (1946-) currently serves as the 25th Chief of the National Guard Bureau. As Chief, he is the senior uniformed National Guard officer responsible for all policies, programs and plans affecting the Army and Air National Guard personnel. fires one round in a 12-round fire mission with Soldiers from the Arkansas Army National Guard's C/1-206 FAR, 39th BCT, at Camp Taji, Iraq. Photo by SPC Benjamin Cossel, 196th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, or MPAD, is a type of unit found in the United States Army. Background A Mobile Public Affairs Detachment is a modular, task organizable unit that normally augments a corps public affairs section or a Public Affairs Operations (MPAD) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Finalist -- SPC Matthew Hampton, 1-145 FA, Utah Army National Guard The Utah National Guard comprises both Army and Air National Guard components. The Constitution of the United States specifically charges the National Guard with dual federal and state missions. , mans the squad automatic weapon A squad automatic weapon (SAW, also known as section automatic weapon) is a light or general-purpose machine gun, usually equipped with a bipod and firing a rifle-caliber bullet. A SAW is used to provide suppressive fire for an infantry squad or section. during an exercise at Dugway Proving Ground Dugway Proving Ground (DPG) is a US Army facility located approximately 85 miles (140 km) southwest of Salt Lake City, Utah in southern Tooele County. It encompasses 801,505 acres (3,243.576 km², or 1,252. , Utah. Photo by SSG Scott Tumer, 358th MPAD [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Finalist -- An M109 Paladin from B/2-82 FAR, 1st Cavalry Division, fires a round from Camp Taji, Iraq. Photo by SPC Benjamin Cossel, 196th MPAD [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Finalist -- PFC John Edwards, C/2-319 AFAR, 82d Abn Div, patrols the streets of Baghdad's Hotel District. Photo by PFC Michael J. Pryor, 82d Abn Div PA [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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